G/TBT/N/ECU/385  
26 April 2019 
(19-2860) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y A lfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products cov ered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 8703.31 
- Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,500 cc ; Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 
1,000 cc (HS 870321) ; g.v.w. not  exceeding 5 tonnes (HS 870421) ; g.v.w. not exceeding 
5 tonnes (HS 870431) ; With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder 
capacity not exceeding 50 cc (HS 871110) ; With reciprocating internal combustion piston 
engine of a cylinder capa city exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc (HS 871120) ; 
With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 
cc but not exceeding 500 cc (HS 871130) ; With reciprocating internal combustion piston 
engine of a cylinder  capacity exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 800 cc (HS 871140) ; 
With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 
cc (HS 871150)  G/TBT/N/ECU/385  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 048 (3R) "Vehículos 
automotores de tres ruedas para transporte de pasajeros y para transporte de carga" 
(Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Re gulation 
PRTE INEN No. 048 "Three -wheeled motor vehicles for the transport of passengers and 
goods") (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by three -wheeled motor vehicles  for the transport of passengers and goods , 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting 
human safety and the environment, and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to three -wheel ed motor vehicles of subcategory 
L5, Code TRC2 (see note 1) for the transport of passengers and goods, which are 
assembled, manufactured and marketed in, and imported into Ecuador.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling, prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety ; protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
2. ISO 8710:2010, Motorcycles -- Brakes and brake systems -- Tests and 
measurement methods;  
3. ISO/IEC 17020:2012, Conformity assessment -- Requirements for the operation 
of various types of bodies performing inspection;  
4. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
5. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment -- Supplier's declaration of 
conformity -- Part 1 : General requirements;  
6. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
7. Ecuadorian Technical  Standard NTE INEN 1155 (2R):2009, Vehículos 
automotores . Dispositivos para mantener o mejorar la visibilidad ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1669 (1R):2015+Enmienda 1:2015, 
Vidrios de seguridad para automotores . Requisitos ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical St andard NTE INEN 1722 (2R):2015 , Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la fragmentación ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1723 (1R):2011, Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la resistencia al impacto con esfera de acero ; 
11. Ecuadorian Technical Stand ard NTE INEN 1724 (1R):2011, Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la resistencia al impacto simulado de la cabeza ; 
12. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1725 (1R):2011, Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la resistencia al impacto con dardo ; 
13. Ecuadori an Technical Standard NTE INEN 1727 (1R):2011, Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la transmisión luminosa ; 
14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1729 (1R):2011, Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la distorsión óptica ; G/TBT/N/ECU/385  
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  15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2100 (2R):2013+ Enmienda 1:2017 , 
Neumáticos tipo I y tipo IV . Requisitos ; 
16. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2558 (1R):2018, Seguridad en 
Motocicletas . Frenos . Requisitos ; 
17. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2656 (1R):2016, Clasifi cación 
Vehicular ; 
18. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2675:2013, Cinturones de seguridad . 
Requisitos e inspección ; 
19. Council Directive 78/1015/EEC of 2 3 November 1 978 on the approximation of the 
laws of the Member States on the permissible sound level and  exhaust system of 
motorcycles;  
20. Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1 9 July 
2002 on the reduction of the level of pollutant emissions from two - and three -
wheel motor vehicles and amending Directive 97/24/EC;  
21. Código Federal  de Regulaciones para la Protección del Ambiente 40 CFR, Parte 
8410-2006, Ciclo de prueba FTP -75 de los Estados Unidos de Norte América ; 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/54  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/54/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/54/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/54/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/54/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/54/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/54/Add.6  
8. G/TBT/N/ECU/54/Add.7  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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